Unpublished Stela of Rdy in the Egyptian Museum No.CG 20668

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      This research deals with the publication of a painting currently in the Egyptian Museum under the number 20668. It is a painting made of limestone. It is 26 cm high and 18.5 cm wide. Intaglio relief was used to represent its scenes and hieroglyphic texts. As for the condition of the painting, it is in a good state of preservation. It is a funerary painting for a person called   Rdy, who bore the title r nxn “meaning the mouth of Nakhn,” from the end of the Middle Kingdom era. The administration of the Egyptian Museum has agreed to publish it. The researcher will examine the painting through an analytical study of the artistic features, the texts written on it, and the view of the owner of the painting in order to try to date it accurately.

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